Ike : an American hero by Michael Korda(
Book
)9
editions published
between
2007
and
2008
in
English
and held by
2,125 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower places particular emphasis on his brilliant generalship and leadership in World War II, and provides, with the advantage of hindsight, a far more acute analysis of his character and personality than any previously available, reaching the conclusion that he was perhaps America's greatest general and one of America's best presidents. The book starts with the story of D-Day--it was Ike's plan, Ike's decision, Ike's responsibility. But there is more to this book than military history. It is a full biography of a remarkable man, a late starter, a perfectionist, a brilliant leader of men, behind whose easy-going, affable persona was a very different man, fiercely ambitious, hot-tempered, shrewd, and tightly wound. It is as well the portrait of a tumultuous and often difficult marriage, for Mamie was every bit as stubborn and forceful as her husband.--From publisher description

Hero : the life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda(
Book
)22
editions published
between
2010
and
2014
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
2,087 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The story of an epic life on a grand scale: a revealing, in-depth biography of the extraordinary, mysterious, and dynamic Englishman whose daring exploits and romantic profile--including his blond, sun-burnished good looks and flowing white robes--made him an object of intense fascination, still famous the world over as "Lawrence of Arabia." An Oxford scholar and archaeologist, Lawrence was sent to Cairo as a young intelligence officer in 1916. He vanished into the desert in 1917 only to emerge later as one of the greatest--and certainly most colorful--figures of World War One. As Korda shows, Lawrence was not only a man of his times; he was a visionary whose accomplishments--farsighted diplomat and kingmaker, military strategist of genius, perhaps the first modern "media celebrity" (and one of the first victims of it), and an acclaimed writer--transcended his era.--From publisher description

The fortune by Michael Korda(
Book
)16
editions published
between
1989
and
1992
in
English
and held by
1,827 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Alexa, a beautiful young woman falls in love with an older man, Arthur Bannerman, head of America's richest family

Queenie by Michael Korda(
Book
)42
editions published
between
1985
and
1992
in
9
languages
and held by
1,821 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A novel about a half-caste Indian girl who schemes to get to England where she uses her beauty to attract and marry a Hollywood producer--realizing only later the price she must pay for her success

Charmed lives : a family romance by Michael Korda(
Book
)22
editions published
between
1979
and
2014
in
English
and held by
1,812 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud drove him to airports; the British film industry kowtowed to his power; the great Hollywood studios fawned at his feet.Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included H. G. Wells, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marlena Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success was an equally powerful impulse for destruction. Now, Vincent's son, Michael Korda, in the first book of his memoirs, recalls the enchanted figures of his childhood...the glory days of the Korda brothers' great films...and then their heartbreaking, tragic end

With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda(
Book
)16
editions published
between
2008
and
2014
in
English
and held by
1,774 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
From the Publisher: Michael Korda's brilliant work of history takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force-often no more than nine hundred on any given day-stood between Hitler and the victory that seemed almost within his grasp. Korda re-creates the intensity of combat in "the long, delirious, burning blue" of the sky above southern England, and at the same time-perhaps for the first time-traces the entire complex web of political, diplomatic, scientific, industrial, and human decisions during the 1930s that led inexorably to the world's first, greatest, and most decisive air battle. Korda deftly interweaves the critical strands of the story-the invention of radar (the most important of Britain's military secrets); the developments by such visionary aircraft designers as R.J. Mitchell, Sidney Camm, and Willy Messerschmitt of the revolutionary, all-metal, high-speed monoplane fighters the British Spitfire and Hurricane and the German Bf 109; the rise of the theory of air bombing as the decisive weapon of modern warfare and the prevailing belief that "the bomber will always get through" (in the words of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin). As Nazi Germany rearmed swiftly after 1933, building up its bomber force, only one man, the central figure of Korda's book, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, the eccentric, infuriating, obstinate, difficult, and astonishingly foresighted creator and leader of RAF Fighter Command, did not believe that the bomber would always get through and was determined to provide Britain with a weapon few people wanted to believe was needed or even possible. Dowding persevered-despite opposition, shortage of funding, and bureaucratic infighting-to perfect the British fighter force just in time to meet and defeat the German onslaught. Korda brings to life the extraordinary men and women on both sides of the conflict, from such major historical figures as Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain, and Reichsmarschall Herman Goring (and his disputatious and bitterly feuding generals) to the British and German pilots, the American airmen who joined the RAF just in time for the Battle of Britain, the young airwomen of the RAF, the ground crews who refueled and rearmed the fighters in the middle of heavy German raids, and such heroic figures as Douglas Bader, Josef Frantisek, and the Luftwaffe aces Adolf Galland and his archrival Werner Molders. Winston Churchill memorably said about the Battle of Britain, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Here is the story of "the few," and how they prevailed against the odds, deprived Hitler of victory, and saved the world during three epic months in 1940

Curtain : a novel by Michael Korda(
Book
)18
editions published
between
1990
and
1992
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,773 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Two enormously successful actors share their romance both on-stage and offstage for twenty years

Worldly goods by Michael Korda(
Book
)26
editions published
between
1982
and
1992
in
7
languages
and held by
1,705 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The story of a cold, powerful, world-famous millionaire whose only goal is to find a way to get revenge on his uncle and cousin for the death of his parents at the hands of the Nazis

The immortals : a novel by Michael Korda(
Book
)15
editions published
between
1989
and
1993
in
English
and held by
1,534 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Larger than life, and a story more complex, more resonantly true than any rumor or speculation. At the center of this extraordinary novel is Marilyn - not the "dumb blonde" of Hollywood legend, but a woman who explodes from the page with great strength - deeply passionate, funny, outrageous, often life-loving, but with a fatal inability to hold on to happiness even when it is within her grasp. When she meets the young Senator John F. Kennedy at a Beverly Hills party, it

Clouds of glory : the life and legend of Robert E. Lee by Michael Korda(
Book
)11
editions published
between
2014
and
2015
in
English
and held by
1,439 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Portrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal stalemate at Antietam, his defeat at Gettysburg (as well the many troubling controversies still surrounding it) and ultimately, his failed strategy for winning the war. As Korda shows, Lee's dignity, courage, leadership, and modesty made him a hero on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line and a revered American icon who is recognized today as the nation's preeminent military leader"--

Ulysses S. Grant : the unlikely hero by Michael Korda(
Book
)17
editions published
between
2004
and
2014
in
English
and held by
1,191 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Challenges opinions about the Civil War general's presidency, explaining how Grant enabled the country to achieve a sense of post-war calm and applied constructive political strategies in favor of less effective occupation tactics

Male chauvinism! How it works by Michael Korda(
Book
)16
editions published
between
1972
and
1979
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,064 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Success! by Michael Korda(
Book
)14
editions published
between
1977
and
2009
in
3
languages
and held by
787 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
How every man and woman can achieve success

Cat people by Margaret Korda(
Book
)10
editions published
between
2005
and
2014
in
English and Chinese
and held by
609 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"With characteristic wit, self-effacing charm, and sheer, exuberant love of a good cat story, they recount their lives as "cat people," beginning with Margaret's passion for cats (and Michael's reluctant midlife transformation into a cat person), and introduce readers to a hilarious assortment of people whose lives revolve -- often to an extraordinary degree -- around their cats, from Cleopatra, a transatlantic traveler who found happiness in Paris, to Wally, the epitome of feline dignity." -- from the publisher

Horse housekeeping : everything you need to know to keep a horse at home by Margaret Korda(
Book
)6
editions published
between
2005
and
2014
in
English
and held by
602 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
An accessible reference guide based on the authors' twenty-five years of experience with keeping horses at home covers a wide range of topics from barn design and fencing to property maintenance and equine care, in a resource complemented by personal stories

The trials of Henry Kissinger(
Visual
)4
editions published
between
2003
and
2011
in
English
and held by
493 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Did Henry Kissinger sabatoge the 1968 Vietnam peace talks for his own personal gain? Did he orchestrate the secret bombing of Cambodia? Did he authorize covert operations to overthrow a Chilean President? This explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in United States history

With wings like eagles a history of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda(
Recording
)6
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
339 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
An in-depth history of the Battle of Britain draws on the firsthand perspectives of pilots, ground crews, and commanders on both sides, and places the campaign against a backdrop of the political forces that shaped it

Clouds of glory : the life and legend of Robert E. Lee by Michael Korda(
Recording
)4
editions published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
304 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Michael Korda paints a vivid and admiring portrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia